Posted by
William Turvill
on 27 January 2012 at 10:27
Tags: Magazines, Media Business
Good Housekeeping has launched its own iPad app to enable readers to interact with the magazine on a new platform.
Cakes and Bakes, available to buy on iTunes, was developed entirely by the magazine, and features 35 simple baking recipes.
Good Housekeeping, published by Hearst Magazines UK, has pledged to its readers that more apps will likely follow.
Posted by
William Turvill
on 26 January 2012 at 09:58
Tags: B2B Magazines, Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Media Business
Emap has announced the appointment of a new chief executive of its Insight division.
Stephen Wilson, who previously worked at Thomson Reuters for more than ten years, will join the media group on 9 April.
Part of the wider Emap company, Insight’s products – which include eight websites - provide reports, news, data and analysis across the retail, fashion, automotive, built environment, political and media industries.
Posted by
William Turvill
on 26 January 2012 at 09:47
Tags: Magazines, Media Business
Nuts magazine has revealed that its first interactive edition, released via the smartphone app Blippar this month, was sold to 15,000 users within seven days of being released.
The men’s weekly, which reported a year-on-year circulation dip of 22.5 per cent in August 2011, also claimed users “blipped” (or interacted) with the content 13 times on average.
Released on 3 January, the Interactive issue, which included over 20 pieces of additional editorial content not featured in the print copy, cost £1.80 and was accessed by users more than 200,000 times within a week.
Posted by
William Turvill
on 24 January 2012 at 10:30
Tags: Journalism, Magazines, People, Regional Newspapers, awards
Archant’s group design editor Steve Bodycomb was named Editorial Person of the Year at the company’s annual internal awards ceremeony on Friday.
Other award winners included group digital development manager James Parfitt, who was named New Media Person of the Year, and Devon Life staff writer Anna Turns, who won Green Person of the Year.
Business and Professional Life magazine and the Royal Ascot Magazine were also honoured.
Posted by
William Turvill
on 23 January 2012 at 10:46
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines
Condé Nast International has revealed it will launch Glamour magazine in Brazil later this year.
The magazine, the UK’s best selling women’s monthly with an ABC sale in the UK of just over 530,000, is set to launch in the South American country in March.
Founded in the US in 1939, Glamour magazine claims a global readership of 31 million across 16 different countries.
Posted by
Jennifer Norton
on 20 January 2012 at 09:06
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Newspapers
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) says the results of a consumer survey make an “overwhelming’” case for an Office of Fair Trading review of the newspaper and magazine industry.
The survey, which was carried out by HIM Research and Consulting, asked over 1,400 consumers about their magazine and newspaper habits. (more…)
Posted by
Cleland Thom
on 19 January 2012 at 14:19
Tags: Journalism, Law, Magazines, National Newspapers, Newspapers, People, Photography, press freedom
Greater Manchester Police today rejected suggestions its officers were targeting a magazine photographer who claims he has been assaulted by officers three times while doing his job.
Stuart Littleford, editor of the Government and Public Sector Journal, has filed three complaints against the force, including two in the last four weeks. (more…)
Posted by
Cleland Thom
on 10 January 2012 at 07:30
Tags: Journalism, Journalism education, Law, Magazines, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers, press freedom
A libel case in Oregon, US, has highlighted an issue that is already troubling the media in this country – what, exactly, is a journalist?
It used to be clear enough. You got paid badly, worked for a newspaper, magazine or broadcaster and fiddled your expenses. (more…)
Posted by
Cleland Thom
on 21 December 2011 at 16:00
Tags: Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers, Newspapers, Regional Newspapers
I doubt if the changes, announced yesterday, in the way the media presents Press Complaints Commission adjudications prompted spontaneous celebrations from the tabloid critics at the Leveson Inquiry.
Instead, I suspect they were greeted with comments like “too little, too late”.
The changes, announced by the Editors’ Code Committee , mean that from 1 January, editors who breach the code must publish critical PCC adjudications with a prominence that has been agreed in advance with the PCC’s director. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 21 December 2011 at 13:16
Tags: Journalism, Journalism Technology, Magazines, National Newspapers, New Media, Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers
The Sun publisher News Group Newspapers has won its appeal against rules which could have seen the video section of its website being monitored by the regulator Authority for Television On-Demand (ATVOD).
The ruling has resulted in ATVOD dropping similar cases against publishers including The Sunday Times, the FT, The Guardian and The Independent. (more…)
Posted by
Cleland Thom
on 20 December 2011 at 22:05
Tags: Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers, Newspapers, Online, Regional Newspapers, press freedom
The Press Complaints Commission has assured journalists that new restrictions on researching stories “in the public interest” will not compromise their confidential sources.
Yesterday, the Editors’ Code Committee announced that from January 1, 2012, it will tighten up the way the code’s public interest defence is used. (more…)
Posted by
Christian Jensen
on 16 December 2011 at 10:54
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines, National Newspapers, People
Tributes are being paid to journalist, polemicist, atheist and left-wing campaigner Christopher Hitchens - who died last night.
Vanity Fair, the magazine where Hitchens was a contributing editor, today produced this video tribute:
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 12 December 2011 at 09:07
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines
A new study found people were unable to distinguish between descriptions of women used in lads’ mags and comments made by convicted rapists.
The research, due to be published in the British Journal of Psychology, also revealed most men who took part in the study “identified themselves more with the language expressed by the convicted rapists”. (more…)
Posted by
Dominic Ponsford
on 2 December 2011 at 16:19
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Law, Magazines, National Newspapers, New Media, Regional Newspapers
It’s been a busy week for journalism industry-related news - with most of the action going on over at the Royal Courts of Justice and the Leveson Inquiry. Here is a catch-up of what we think have been the 10 most significant stories of the week (click here for all our Leveson coverage): (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 28 November 2011 at 11:58
Tags: B2B Magazines, Magazines, awards
Property Week was the big winner at last week’s International Building Press national journalism awards - picking up four prizes.
Here is the fill list of winners: (more…)
Posted by
Dominic Ponsford
on 25 November 2011 at 08:09
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines, Mobile, New Media, Online
Free weekly Sport magazine has today launched a free weekly iPad app.
The app does more than just mimic the magazine - it utilises iPad-friendly design templates and includes addition interactive commercial and editorial content. It is created by the existing Sport production team. (more…)
Posted by
Dominic Ponsford
on 18 November 2011 at 15:16
Tags: B2B Magazines, Magazines
Business Traveller’s Jenny Southan picked up two prizes at the Business Travel Journalism Awards last night - environmental journalist of the year and destination features journalist of the year.
This year the journalists’ business travel journalist of the year was Alex McWhirter - also of Business Traveller.
Click on this link for full list of winners, photos and more details about the event which was organised by Carlson Wagonlit and decided on by a panel of judges which was chaired by me.
For all the economic uncertainty around at present, this seems to be a sector of journalism which is weathering the storm pretty well. Introducing the event, Carlson Wagonlit executive vice president Andrew Waller said he remained convinced the long-term growth prospects for the UK economy were good, although he said that in the short-term the picture looked very uncertain.
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 26 October 2011 at 10:39
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Magazines, Mobile, New Media, Online
Music monthly Uncut has brought out a one-off iPad edition - David Bowie: The Ultimate Music Guide.
It features 600 interactive pages including archive material from NME and Meody Maker and new review of every Bowie album. (more…)
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 17 October 2011 at 11:07
Tags: Consumer Magazines, Journalism, Magazines, Newspapers, People, Regional Newspapers
The Daily Telegraph today pays tribute to the founder editor of Saga Magazine, Paul Bach, who has died aged 72.
An obituary in today’s Daily Telegraph tells the story of how Bach rose from a reporter on a weekly newspaper to starting what would eventually become the largest-circulation monthly magazine in Britain.
Bach was born in Forest Gate, East London, and found his first job as a reporter on the Stratford Express, before moving to South Wales and taking up various posts with Thomson Regional Newspapers (and winning an award for his coverage of the Aberfan disaster in 1966).
He was later editor in chief of the Celtic Press group of 12 regional newspapers and became editor of the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph in 1972.
In 1976 he returned to East London as group editor of the Stratford Express series before making the move into public relations in 1979 when he moved to Saga Holidays in Folkestone.
Posted by
Press Gazette
on 11 October 2011 at 11:33
Tags: B2B Magazines, Journalism, Magazines, Media Business, National Newspapers, awards
The nominations for the IBP national journalism awards have been announced - with winners due to be revealed at Chelsea football club on 24 November.
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